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Message to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes On His 90th Birthday.

March 08, 1931

[Released March 8, 1931. Dated March 7, 1931]

My dear Mr. Justice:

I most cordially congratulate you upon your ninetieth birthday anniversary, but yet more do I congratulate our country upon the continuance of your splendid services, and hope that you may long live in health and strength to carry them forward.

Yours faithfully,

HERBERT HOOVER

[Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1720 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.]

Note: The message was made public in conjunction with ceremonies in Washington, D.C., honoring Associate Justice Holmes. The ceremonies were broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network.

Herbert Hoover, Message to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes On His 90th Birthday. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207462

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